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Genius Next Door
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Regina Spektor
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Some said the local lake had been enchanted
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others said it must have been the weather
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the neighbours were trying to keep it quiet
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but I swear I could hear the laughter
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so they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge
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cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter
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but the local kids would still go swimming, drinking
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saying that to them it doesn’t matter
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the genius next door was bussing tables
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wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels
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getting high and mumbling german fables
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didn’t care as long as he was able
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to strip his clothes off by the dumpsters
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at night while everyone was sleeping
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and to wade midway into that porridge
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just him and the secret he was keeping
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hold in your breath til you come back up in full
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hold in your breath til you thought it through, you foolish child
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in the morning the film crews start arriving
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with coffee, donuts, and reporters
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the kids were waking up hungover
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the neighbours were starting up their cars
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the garbagemen were emptying the dumpsters
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atheists were praying full of sarcasm
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and the genius next door was sleeping
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dreaming that the antidote was orgasm
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hold in your breath til you come back up in full
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hold in your breath til you thought it through, you foolish child
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